We are counting the days until our next appearances on HSN, and if you haven’t already, mark your calendars! Our 24 hour Craft Day shows are on March 7th and our hours for Anna Griffin Elegant Paper Crafting are at Midnight, 11am, 12pm, 4pm and 7pm, 8pm and 10pm. March is National Craft Month, so you can bet that there are all kinds of exciting things planned to celebrate our favorite month of the year!

Last Friday we announced that the Anna Griffin Super Sale is back! It will run from 12pm EST Monday, February 19th through 12 pm EST Tuesday, February 20th. You’re going to love this once a year flash sale of crafting items at extraordinary values! Please see our previous post for FAQs on the Super Sale.

Valentine’s Day is just a little over two weeks away, and we’re sending this lovely card made with our Treasury Stamps and Dies, Treasury Inks, Embossing Powders and more! Grab your set and let’s make this together!

Finished Size: 5×7 card

Materials:

Anna Griffin® Gold/Ivory Cricut® Cuttlebug™ Version 3, 510-398

Anna Griffin® Tool ‘n One, 457-852

Anna Griffin® Treasury Stamps and Dies, 588-283

Anna Griffin® Fancy Flourish Dies

Anna Griffin® Heat Embossing Tool, 592-765

(1) 5”x 7” ivory card stock base

(1) Piece of pink patterned card stock, cut to 5”x 7”

(1) Piece of pink, double-sided card stock, cut to 4 ¼”x 8 ½”

(1) Piece of light pink metallic card stock, cut to 3”x 4”

(1) Piece of ivory card stock, cut to 4”x 6”

(2) Pieces of ivory card stock, cut to 3”x 4”

(1) Piece of gold metallic card stock, cut to 4”x 5”

Embossing powder (clear and gold)

Ink (pink, green, gold)

Pink bow

Scalloped craft scissors

Foam squares

Adhesive (tape runner)

Instructions:

Using the scalloped scissors, cut across the top edge of the pink, double sided card stock.

2. Cut the pink double-sided card stock two inches down from the scalloped edge and add to the base of the card layer.

3. Stamp and emboss the 4”x 6” piece of ivory card stock with the tulip stamp. Use the green ink for the stem of the tulip, the pink ink for the petals, and emboss all with clear embossing powder.

4. Stamp and emboss one tulip on one of the 3”x 4” pieces of ivory card stock using the same inks and powders as #4.

5. Stamp and emboss the sentiment and sentiment border on the other piece of 3”x 4” ivory card stock. Stamp the sentiment with pink ink and emboss with clear embossing powder. Stamp the sentiment border with gold ink and emboss with gold embossing powder.6. Using the Cricut® Cuttlebug™ cut the following:

Use the small Fancy Flourish die to cut 2 flourishes from the gold card stock

Use the large circle die to cut the stamped and embossed sentiment border

Use the small circle die to cut the stamped and embossed sentiment

Use the small tulip die to cut the stamped and embossed tulip

Use the tulip border die to cut a border from the light pink metallic card stock

Assembly:

Using a tape runner, attach the pink patterned card stock to the 5”x 7” card base.

2. Attach the pink, double-sided card stock using foam squares.

3. Adhere the ivory, stamped card stock using a tape runner. The folded, scalloped edge of the pink double-sided card stock should fold on top of the ivory card stock.

4. Using a tape runner, attach the two flourishes near the center of the card.

5. Place the tulip on the tulip border using foam squares, then place in the center of the two flourishes.

6. Place the sentiment on the sentiment border using foam squares, then place on the stem of the tulip.

7. Place the pink bow between the sentiment and tulip.

This card makes such great use of your Treasury crafting items, and creates beautiful valentines. We hope you enjoyed making this card along with us! Join us later in the week for another gorgeous tutorial and Fan Mail Friday.

91 comments

I just love tulips! I wish you would do more with violets and lilacs. I grew up with these flowers as well as daisies and tulips but living in Texas you can’t find them.. Actually,, I like all of the flowers with the exception of roses. As beautiful as they are, roses just aren’t on my list of faves. I guess that makes me unamerican?

Great card tutorial with all your beautiful supplies. I love the tulips which was one of my Dad’s favorite flowers. He has been gone 22 years. Anna, Thank you for having the Super Sale again this year. I love the mini die cut machine and the treasury of dies and stamps.

Good morning!
Thank you, Anna and team, for not only giving us weekly inspiration (love the tutorials and fan mail shares!), but also for all the work you will end up doing on the “long” weekend in February so that we can take advantage of the Super Sale (which really, really is super!). You are the best!
Regards, Anne

Saw that others had their Vintage Bunny Easter diecut kit canceled as well! They were far from being out of stock when I ordered so not happy that HSN is doing this…don’t they know we’ll still take them even if Easter is over? LOLOL I know I would!!!!! 😉

Now, as for today’s demo, love it, making my Valentine’s cards now, thankfully don’t need as many as Xmas, so think I’ll make it! 😀

I am so happy about the sale on February 19th. I almost never have a Monday off and I have this one day off!! I am so looking forward to it not to mention the March HSN show!!! This is just wonderful. I am so happy to share this beautiful time with all of you! Thankyou!!

Beautiful card, and I have ALL the things needed from your products to complete this project!!!
Your next big Craft Day will be on my birthday, March 7, so I’ll just have to get myself a “To me From me” special gift!!

A fabulous card Anna. I love tulips. So glad this was part of the treasury. But what made me really want to buy it was the wine bottle. I can’t seem to have enough of them. I will definitely make this card for my girlfriend who also loves tulips and whose birthday is Valentine’s Day. Another request Anna for us African-American followers, could you come up with stamps and dies for Kwanzaa. If there was anyone who could come up with something spectacular it would be you. Thanking you in advance Anna.

Love the card. I am looking forward to the sale. I have never participated before but I will give it a shot.

Looking forward to Valentine’s Day. Probably because it brings the winter closer to an end. I do not like the cold or the snow, although I love watching winter sports on television. As long as there is a television screen between me and the cold I am happy.
Thanks for the tutorial. Bye for now.

So pretty – brings a bit of Spring to inspire us in the craft room and planning for our gardens.

I would love a set of stencils that match some of the embossing folders. We could use the stencils to mask and expose certain design elements to color with stencil brushes with your pretty pigment ink pads or pastel chalks for a whisper of color. The stencils would also make lovely backgrounds and could be used with stencil paste and glitters. How lovely to stencil the envelope too.

Thanks for me how to use the embossing powder. My friend ordered it wasn’t sure how to use it. I just wish that you had a video to show me. I learn easier to see it being done. But for now I we’ll try your step by step. You make the best cards out there. I have fun trying to make mine as good as your but maybe someday I we’ll have it. Thanks for sharing.

Another lovely addition to our collection of beautiful things that Anna Griffin brings us. I have made a dozen handmade valentine’s and going to make more for sure. Felice Anna Nuovo Happy New Year In Italian Doris in Texas

What a lovely inspiration!! The flash sale sounds like a lot of fun. Never participated before so I will be ready. There are so many things I would like to find on sale! Been making valentine cards and would love to see some kits that my granddaughters could make, or even some card kits that are more appropriate for children. Halloween is just around the corner and the shaker card kit for that holiday would be great. I have several grandchildren and volunteer at a local school so always on the lookout for something for kids!

Would you ever consider coming out with your own A.G. Set Of Scissors ? Would L~O~V~E That One !!! These scissors will always be needed, for the Crafter who likes doing, unique ” detail ” work ! You could own every shape decorative cutting die and every straight decorative cutting die, but nothing — but the decorative scissors will allow for the Crafter to cut their own unique piece. For example : To stamp a rose and cut with the scissors — 2″ larger, than the rose !!! … Hmmm, now I think I’ll go and pull out my giant bag of decorative scissors … and cut some images out !!! … and ink the edges !!! … Thanks, for the inspiration !!! … Angel

Beautiful, tulips say it all, spring is in the air or at least coming. That creative tulip stamp creation can be made with so many of your other products and that truly Anna, is one of the finer things of you and your products. Can’t wait for march but first the flash sale. One request after making numerous children bday cards ( for parties) this weekend, I realized you have no kits for this nor dies just for kids. Sure would be a plus to have something along this line added to my stash, thanks for listening

Tulips are my favorite, so I love it! I learned a simple little technique I’ve never done before which was folding up the bottom of the paper. Oftentimes I wanted to show two sides of a sheet of paper and never even thought of that. Can’t wait to try my Treasury set out. Thanks for all your inspiration Anna.

Gorgeous and lovely Valentine’s Day Card! Amazing tutorial with perfect instructions! Thank you Anna for helping us to look so professional in our card making! So looking forward to your flash sale and to your upcoming shows in March! Love and hugs to you!